Health Requirements for Incoming Students

Proof of immunity is either documentation of a vaccine given or a lab report showing a positive IgG antibody titer.

Hepatitis B

Proof of immunization for hepatitis B and a positive anitbody titer is also required. If an incoming student has not received hepatitis B immunization in the past, they can be vaccinated after school begins in the Occupational Health Department.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis surveillance is also required. A two-step tuberculin skin test (TST or PPD), aka a tuberculin skin placed and read and repeated again in 1-3 weeks, is required if the incoming student has not had a previous positive tuberculin skin test.

If the student has had a previous positive TST/PPD, the following are required: a chest X-ray report from the previous 12 months, documentation of evaluation for treatment with antibiotic prophylaxis and completion of the TB Symptom Surveillance Questionnaire.

How to Meet the Requirement

Please print and complete the Student Health Requirement Form and send to the Occupational Health office along with copies of your immunization record, lab results and x-ray reports if indicated.